Toy drum



Sept. 20, 1932. s, HOFFMAN 1,877,871

TOY DRUM Filed Sept. 12, 1931 INVENTOR Patented Sept. 20, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAMUEL HOFFMAN, OF SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO J'. CHEIN & COM- PANY, F HARRISON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK k'rout DRUM Application led September 12, 1931. Serial No. 562,475.

My invention relates to improvements in toy drums.

An object of my invention is to providea novel and useful device of the character specified. A further object of my invention is to provide certain newv and useful details of construction in a toy drum. Other objects and advantages will appear by the following specification.

I accomplish these and other objects by my invention a preferred embodiment of which is illustrated in the drawing in which gig. 1 is a perspective view of a toy drum an f Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My improved drum comprises a cylindrical band 1 preferably of sheet metal having (n. inwardly bent channels 2 and 3 forming interiorly disposed beads or shoulders 4 and 5 adjacent the respective ends of the cylinder 1.

Two counterpart metal drum heads 6 and 7 preferably provided with peripheral bent 2:. over flanges 8 and 9 respectively and of such size as to enter the cylinder 1 and 2 be seated on the shoulders 4 and 5 respectively are inserted in the respective ends of the cylinder 1 and pressed down upon the said shoulders 4 and 5. n

A plurality of tongues 10, 11,12 are cut out of the marginal edge sections of the cylinder 1 above the heads 6 and 7 and pressed over on the said heads to bind and hold the same in position on said shoulders.

The cut out portions 10 11 and 12 respectively formed by cutting out the said tongues 10, 11 and 12 respectively are adapted to be used as eyelets for the binding cord provided, if desired, with a cord 13 aced 90 through the eyelets 10',- 11 and l2 or the cord 13 may be omitted. One of the said heads 6 and 7 may be omitted, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A toy drum comprising in combination a cylinder, shoulders inwardly disposed adjacent the ends of said cylinder, heads each having a peripheral flange set at a right angle to the head with its marginal edge seated on one of said shoulders within the marginal edge of the cylinder, tongues cut out of the said marginal edge section of the cylinder and pressed down upon said heads, eyelets formed by said cut out tongue apertures in the marginal edge sections of said cylinder and a cord laced in said eyelets.

2. A toy drum comprising in combination a cylinder, shoulders inwardly disposed adjacent the ends of said cylinder, heads each having a peripheral flange set at a right angle to the head with its marginal edge seated on one of said shoulders within the marginal edge of the cylinder, tongues cut out of the said marginal edge section of the cylinder and pressed down upon said heads, eyelets formed by said cut out tongue apertures Iin the marginal edge sections of said cylinder, the said cylinder having rolled edges spaced from said heads.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York thls eighth day of September A. D. 1931.

SAMUEL HOFFMAN. 

